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Do the new HP Zx40 products oer support for the HP Z Turbo Drive? In what congurations?
•TheHPZTurboDriveissupportedinavarietyofcongurationswithadditionalHDDs,SSDs,andHPZTurbodrives,and
 alsoasboot/dataandRAIDcongurations.Manycongurationsnotlistedbelowasfactorysupportedaretechnically
viable, and assembled by the customer with After Market Option (AMO) components.
Hereisasummaryofsupportedfactorycongurationsatlaunch:
• Single HP Z Turbo Drive as Boot device
• Single HP Z Turbo Drive as Boot device + SATA HDD/SSD(s)
• Single HP Z Turbo Drive as Boot device + SAS HDD(s) on Z840
• Single SATA HDD/SSD as Boot device + HP Z Turbo Drive(1) as Data device
• Single SAS HDD as Boot device on Z840 + HP Z Turbo Drive(1) as Data device
Additionalsupportedfactorycongurations(plannedtobeavailableshortlyafterlaunch):
• Single HP Z Turbo Drive as Boot device + Z Turbo Drive as Data device
• Single SATA HDD/SSD as Boot device + HP Z Turbo Drive(2) as Data device
• Single SATA HDD/SSD as Boot device + HP Z Turbo Drive(2) as Data w/ RAID 0
• Single HP Z Turbo Drive as Boot device + SATA HDD(n) as Data w/ RAID 0, 1
Do the new HP Zx40 products support Serial ATA (SATA) and serial attached SCSI (SAS) RAID?
• HP Z840 supports SATA and SAS with an onboard controller
• HP Z440 and Z640 support SATA devices with an onboard controller. Support for SAS requires an additional SAS
controller card.
Are any of the drives hot swappable?
• HP Workstations does not provide the full solution for hot swap of drives.
Is support for Thunderbolt™ 2 oered?
• Yes, Thunderbolt™ 2
3
isoeredandsupportedasanoptionaladd-in-card.
Why is Thunderbolt™ not standard?
• As a relatively new technology, Thunderbolt™ 2
3
islargelyusedanddenedbyspecicmarketsegments.Whileitis
still in the development stages of getting more universally adapted, low volume and few use cases render it an
expensive port to be standardized in all systems.
What are the port dierences between the HP Zx40 and Zx20 products?
Ports
HP Z440 HP Z640 HP Z840
Front 4 USB 3.0
1 Headset
1 Microphone
4 USB 3.0
1 Headset
1 Microphone
4 USB 3.0
1 Headset
1 Microphone
Back 4 USB 3.0
2 USB 2.0
2 PS/2
1 RJ-45 (NIC)
1 Audio Line-In
1 Audio Line-Out
- Serial supported
with optional
connector on
PCI bracket cabled
to system board
connector
4 USB 3.0
2 USB 2.0
2 PS/2
1 RJ-45 (NIC)
1 Audio Line-In
1 Audio Line-Out
- Serial supported
with optional
connector on
PCI bracket cabled
to system board
connector
4 USB 3.0
2 USB 2.0
PS/2
2 RJ-45 to integrated Gigabit LAN
1 Audio Line-In
(can be re-tasked as microphone)
1 Audio Line-Out
1 Serial
Internal 1 USB 2.0 port available
by a 2x5 header. Each 2x5
header supports either one
HP Internal USB Port Kit
(EM165AA) or one 15-in-1
Media Card Reader.
1 USB 3.0 port available by a
2x10 header.
1 USB 2.0 port available by a
2x5 header. Each 2x5 header
supports either one HP Internal
USB Port Kit (EM165AA) or one
15-in-1 Media Card Reader.
1 USB 3.0 port available by a
2x10 header.
2 USB 2.0 ports available with a
single 2x5 header.
1 USB 3.0 port available with
a shrouded 9-pin connector.
The 2x5 header supports either
one HP Internal USB Port Kit
(EM165AA).
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